I held out for years to
find a used, cheap copy of this. After all, the only songs I was really interested
in was Anthrax's cover of the Smiths "London" and Motorhead's
"Born to Raise Hell" with Ice-T and Whitfield Crane. Upon purchasing
this $3.99 disc, I'm glad I didn't spend to much money on it. Anthrax's
contribution absolutely shreds but the rest bites! 4 Non Blondes totally
annihilate the Van Halen track "I'm
the One." I mean, this is the WORST cover song I have ever heard. Seriously,
they must have taken some serious doses of suck pills before recording this
song. Unfortunately most of the rest is uninteresting to me as well. Even the
mighty Motorhead track is annoying
with Ice-T overdubbed into the song. I assumed that this would be a re-recorded
track, but it sounds like the album version with additional vocals added. The
Ramones track is halfway cool but a little commercial for them.

A blockbuster
movie only deserves the best, so why not give 'em Aerosmith!
It's the only reason to own this disc. The presense of ex-Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin is cool and shows the diversity of his talent. Gotta
admit I also like the ZZ Top and Bob
Segar cuts, but other than that, well it's a good thing that cd players
are programmable. Either that or you can just let the disc play through to track
nine and tolerate Journey and Bon
Jovi, then stop the disc before the really bad stuff begins.

I'm not sure if this is
just a compilation or a soundtrack to a Beavis & Butthead movie. There is
only one word to describe this CD as a whole - awful! However there are a handful of good songs though the songs I am most interested in have all been
released on other albums. While the skits in between songs are all very funny,
as are the run-ins with Anthrax & Run
DMC, I really one want to hear the music. Favorite tracks include "Looking Down
the Barrel of a Gun" by Anthrax, "Deuces
Are Wild" as written and performed by Jim Vallance along with Steven Tyler
and Joe Perry and "99 Ways to Die" by Megadeth.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of the Stooges classic sucks!
I'm not a big rap fan so I don't really care much for the Run DMC or Sir Mix-A-Lot
tracks either. Nirvana's contribution, "I Hate Myself and Want to Die", is ironically one of the last
songs released before Kurt Cobain's suicide. My main interest in is this
album was almost solely the Anthrax track
that is not available on any other disc. The bad thing about this song is that
the first five minutes is actually just a dialog between Anthrax and Beavis
and Butthead on their tour bus. The music itself is a bizarre rap-metal thing
that sounds nothing like Anthrax. That's why I waited to find a cheap
copy. I basically paid $1.99 for the one Anthrax song I didn't have.

Several good unreleased
tracks on this one, including Slaughter's
"Shout It Out" King's X "Junior's Gone
WIld" and Megadeth's "Go To Hell".
Most reviews I have read had nothing but bad things to say about Kiss'
contribution, but I like it. It's an excellent rock 'n' roll anthem. I am really
not sure what everyone hates about it. In anycase, the entire disc is actually
quite listenable, which is unusual for a soundtrack, at least for me. Even the
songs by Winger and Primus are
bearable. Steve Vai's two instrumentals are quite good as well, although I am
not a huge fan of the who shred-o-matic school of instrumentals. "The Reaper
Rap" features voice overs by Bill & Ted, the Wild Stallions.

The problem
with most soundtrack albums for me is that there are usually only one or two
songs that I am interested in. If I compiled all my favorite songs from all
my soundtrack albums, I would have one or two killer discs, rather than 20 average
discs. "Bordello of Blood" is no different. My soul purpose in wanting
this disc is for the excellent title cut by Anthrax.
Of course I also like the cuts by Thin
Lizzy, Scorpions and Cinderella but I already have all these songs on other discs. A few other highlights
on this disc are Red Kross' glam rock cover of Kiss'
"Duece" (a song that has also been covered by Bathory, Overkill,
and Lenny Kravitz) and Sweet's "Ballroom Blitz" (which
has been covered by Krokus, Nuclear
Assault, and The Surf Punks). It's also nice to have a full-length
version of Free's "All Right Now" on CD.

I popped this CD into my car deck and this is basically how it went; Track 1, some rap song. .30 into the song, SKIP. Track 2, .10 seconds, Skip, Track 3, the first rock song on the soundtrack. I went almost a minute into this one before, skip. Track 4, an Oingo Boingo cover song, .20 seconds, skip. Track 5, .20 seconds, skip. Track 6. "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore". Hey this one starts off decent enough, almost having a bit of a mellow AC/DC meets The Runaways vibe. This is another cover song. Originally recorded by The Rascals (I think.), the song was later recorded by Angel, which is the version I am most familiar with. I let this one play through but probably won't revisit it much. Hey, at least I didn't hit the skip button. Track 7. "Party with the Animals" FINALLY! A killer heavy metal track from Sir Ozzy with Zakk Wylde on guitar! Track 8. The Cult! Good song. Sounds like it could have been recorded for "Electric". Could we be on a roll? Track 9. Mary's Danish. Who? Another cover. A pop-punk cover of "I Fought the Law". Not a bad track. I let it play through but it's not really my thing. The final song on the soundtrack is a collaboration of Rob Halford and Pantera and is the other standout track on the album. "Light Comes Out Of Black" simply kicks butt. This song, as well as the Ozzy and The Cult tracks, will be taken off the CD and added to my iPod. Overall, not a solid soundtrack, but contains a few gems and is worth picking up if you can find it real cheap.

This movie
was funny, as well as a trip back to when I was a kid. Kiss ruled my world in the 70's. The best songs on the disc are the original classic
rock songs: "Running with the Devil," "Iron Man," "Jailbreak," "Surrender,"
"Rebel Rebel," "Little Willy" and, of course the Kiss tracks "Shout It out Loud" and the title track. Unfortunately most of the covers
fall flat, with the exception of Pantera's
cover of Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch
Fever." The Donnas do a decent version of "Strutter." Everclear
shows us how much they SUCK by totally hacking to pieces a classic, Thin
Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town." Marilyn Manson covering AC/DC speaks for itself. How the heck did that guy ever get a record contract? I wish
this disc would have just included the originals as most of the covers suck.
To be quite honest, however, the reason I picked up this disc is because it
included an unreleased Kiss song "Nothing Can Keep Me from You". The
song was originally recorded for "Psycho Circus" but was left off
for obvious reasons. Despite the fact that I am a huge Kiss fan, and am about
to commit blasphemy, this song sucks! It's a sappy ballad with orchestration.
I know, now I will have to be hung, drawn, and quartered.

The "Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth" soundtrack is essential for two reasons; on being, "Hell on Earth" by Motorhead a song that is exclusive to this compilation. This slow, doomy song is led by Lemmy's bulldozer bass sound and is very similar in sound and style to "Orgasmatron". Of course, "Hellraiser" is a classic Motorhead song as well, though it was also released on the "March or Die" album. The other reason to own this soundtrack is the melodic hard rocker "Down, Down, Down" by House of Lords which is one of the band's more memorable songs. Unfortunately the songs sounds slightly dated with the slick production and keyboards. Still a cool song. Surprisingly, the Triumph songs, "Troublemaker" isn't bad either. By this point in Triumph's history, guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett had long since left, taking much of the band's charisma with him. Despite his abscense "Troublemaker" is a great, upbeat, heavy metal romp. The rest of the compilation really doesn't do much for me, being made up of mostly 90's alternative rock fodder. "Baby Universal" by Tin Machine is particularly annoying.

When I think of the Iron Eagle soundtrack one song immediately comes to mind, "Hide the Rainbow" by Dio. It's a fantastic song by Dio and really could have been included on either of the first two Dio records. It's also the heaviest and best song on this soundtrack. However, there are a couple other worthy songs included here as well. Queen's "One Vision" is a fun song that mixes hard rock with some latin style beats. Queen were always mixing and experimenting with their sound, some successfully, some not so-successful. "One Vision" was one of the more successful experiments in sound. The other standout track is Helix "It's Too Late", a fun pop-metal number with a crunchy guitar riff and a sing-along chorus. "Maniac House" by Katrina & The Waves is also a decent song. It's a fun, blues-based, rock and roll number. The King Kobra song is a bit disappointing, sounding like something by Toto or one of those cheesy Rocky songs. Remember songs like "Hearts on Fire" by John﻿ Cafferty or "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor? Most of the rest of the soundtrack is rather unremarkable.

The movie for this soundtrack
bombed. The soundtrack, however, sold rather well. It's actually a very good
disc with a wealth of unreleased songs from some excellent artists. Favorite
tracks are "Poison My Eyes" by Anthrax,
"Angry Again" by Megadeth,
"Big Gun" by AC/DC and, of
course, the live version of Aerosmith's
"Dream On." Biggest disappointment is the Queensryche ballad "Real World."

Well it's
has Slayer performing "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida"
and Aerosmith performing "Rocking
Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu." These two songs alone are enough
for me to own this disc. Not much else that interests me. I kind of dig the Public Enemy tune though. Poison somehow manage to make one of the all time greatest rock n roll anthems ("Rock
and Roll All Nite") sound light and wimpy.

This soundtrack is noteworthy because it has two exclusive songs from Mr. Big, both of which are fantastic. There is also Bon Jovi covering the Thin Lizzy classic "The Boys Are Back In Town", plus a sleeper from ex-Foreigner mainman Lou Gramm. The rest of it is pretty forgettable.

"A Nightmare On Elm Street 5" soundtrack can basically be broken down into two album sides. The first side was essentially all hard rock and heavy metal while side two of the LP was essentially all rap and hip-hop. The lead-off track is a solo track by Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and features ex-Gillan guitarist Janick Gers, who also went on to join Iron Maiden. This song is a classic and was later re-recorded by Iron Maiden and went on to be a #1 single in the UK. Mammoth also features an ex-Gillan member, bassist John McCoy. Their contribution to this soundtrack is much more slick and radio friendly than Gillan ever was, but is still a fun hard rock song. W.A.S.P.'s contribution is a vicious metal song titled "Savage". This song was exclusive to this album until it was later added as a bonus track to the CD re-release of "The Last Command". Romeo's Daughter offers the weakest track on the rock side of the record. This keyboard saturated 80's pop rocker is catchy but sounds rather weak surrounded by W.A.S.P. and Dickinson. Slave Raider finish of the rock side with a strong, fun rocker. It's a shame that this band didn't gain a bit more notoriety. Essentially the rest of the CD is non-essential to me, though I did enjoy the "Livin' in the Jungle" by Philadelphia rapper Schoolly-D.

"Rock Star" is a 2001 American drama film starring Mark Wahlberg (formerly known as Marky Mark) and Jennifer Aniston (of "Friends" fame) and directed by Stephen Herek. The movie tells the story of Chris "Izzy" Cole and his eventual position as the lead vocalist for his favorite band, the fictional heavy metal band called Steel Dragon. The story was inspired by the real-life story Tim "Ripper" Owens and how he gained his position as the lead vocalist for Judas Priest. Originally titled "Metal God", the "Ripper" story was given a lot of Hollywood twists and moved far away from the original, true story. However, I still quite enjoyed the movie and the music included, despite a lame ending to the story. (Izzy moved to Seattle and become and acoustic, coffee-house, grunge band. GAK!)

As for the soundtrack itself, it's not a bad listen. The skip button become essential to move past track one to the meat of the album. (The Everclear song sucks and doesn't fit at all with the rest of the soundtrack.) Some of the best songs here are the Steel Dragon songs that were written and/or recorded specifically for this movie by the band put together for the film. "Livin' the Life" was written by Steve Plunkett (Autograph). "We All Die You" is actually a Steelheart cover from their 1996 album "Wait". "Blood Polution", with it's Spinal Tap song title, was written by Marilyn Manson's Twiggy Rimirez. Too bad Manson's music isn't like this. "Stand Up" was written by Sammy Hagar and is the signature song from Steel Dragon. The song features a slow, plodding riff brought to life by Zakk Wylde's insanely heavy guitar tone. "Wasted Generation" is a Desmond Child composition. Of course Child has written or co-written with some of the biggest band's of the 80's. Of course "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" is a cover of the Rainbow classic song. "Colorful" is the acoustic song from the end of the movie, and is a slow acoustic track. It's actually not a bad song. The soundtrack ends with a funky Travor Rabin (Yes) instrumental titled "Gotta Have It".

It's a shame that some great songs were left off this soundtrack, including "Are You Ready" by AC/DC, "Lets Get Rocked" or "Rock til You Drop" by Def Leppard, "Chateau Lefitte '59 Boogie" by Foghat, and Steel Dragon's "Reckless" (actually a cover of Phoenix Down).

Other than Megadeth's smokin' cover
of "No More Mr. Nice Guy" I hadn't heard anything else from this soundtrack.
Most soundtracks are hit or miss from song to song. "Shocker" is actually a
pretty solid CD from beginning to end, save for the sappy balled by Saraya called "Timeless Love". Iggy Pop's performance is a bit uneven, although
it's not so bad that I don't enjoy the song. The best track here is without
a doubt Dangerous Toys "Demon
Bell". This song was my main motivation for owning this CD, especially since
the Megadeth cut has been released
elsewhere. The Dead On track was surprisingly good too. Had never even
heard of this band before. The Dudes of Wrath are nothing more than a
group of musicians put together by Desmond Child, who is a very well known song
writer. His signature is on most of these songs.

Since Dee
Snider wrote and starred in the 1998 horror movie Strangeland, I kind of
assumed that the soundtrack to his movie would be full of killer heavy metal.
What is surprising is that much of this stuff is crappy, so-called nu-metal
making the disc a somewhat mixed affair for me. Essential are the new tracks
by Dee Snider and a re-formed Twisted
Sister ("Heroes Are Hard to Find"). The Twisted
Sister track was written by the Desperado writing team of Snider & Tormé. Both of these tracks are excellent, and my sole
reason for owning this disc. There are also two Twisted
Sister covers; dayinthelife's cover of "Street Justice" and Crisis doing "Captain Howdy," both of which suck royally. I certainly could have lived
without Marilyn Manson, The Clay People, Nashville Pussy and other such
garbage. The Megadeth, Anthrax and Pantera tracks are all good, but
have all been released before. With most soundtracks the skip button is a necessity
but on this cd, I just program my cd player to play tracks 1 and 17.

"Wayne's World" was a movie that came about from a Saturday Night Live skit. It netted two hit movies and two hit soundtracks, both with some exclusive tracks, as well as some classic rock favorites. This one starts off with the iconic "Bohemian Rhapsody". This song helped revive Queen's popularity with a whole new generation of fans becoming fans through the movie. The Bulletboyscover of Montrose "Rock Candy". is catchy but about as goofy as hair metal gets. Put it up with "Pour Some Sugar On Me" for the cheese factor. Perhaps the best song on this compilation is Black Sabbath's "Time Machine" with Ronnie James Dio behind the mic. This songs is heavy! This is a slightly different version of the song than the version that was recorded for "Dehumanizer", including a brighter overall feel and slightly different lyrics. Other standout cuts are "Feed My Frankenstein" by Alice Cooper and the AC/DC-ish "Ride With Youself" by Rhino Bucket.

I picked up
this disc used for under $5 for the inclusion of the two live Aerosmith cuts. The Robert Plant version of "Louie, Louie" is cool as well.
Other than that I just don't care much. Someday I'm going to make a cdr compilation
of Aerosmith tracks off all the different
compilations and soundtracks and have one killer b-side collection.